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Plant-derived pharmaceuticals : principles and applications for developing countries /

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Describing recent developments in the engineering and generation of plants as production platforms for biopharmaceuticals, this book includes both vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. It has a particular emphasis on targeting diseases which predominate in less developed countries, encompassing the cu...

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Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Hefferon, Kathleen L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : CABI, 2014.
Series:CABI biotechnology series ; 2.
Subjects:
Materia medica, Vegetable > Developing countries.
Medicinal plants > Biotechnology > Developing countries.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology > Developing countries.
Vaccines > Biotechnology > Developing countries.
Monoclonal antibodies > Biotechnology > Developing countries.
Plants, Medicinal.
Plant Preparations.
Plant Extracts.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Medicinal plants > Biotechnology.
Monoclonal antibodies > Biotechnology.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
Vaccines > Biotechnology.
Developing countries.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, and the promise of a plant-derived vaccine for HBV / Kathleen Hefferon
  • Protein body-inducing fusions for recombinant protein production in plants / Sonia Gutiérrez and Rima Menassa
  • Plant cell culture expression systems / Somen Nandi and Karen McDonald
  • Virus expression systems / Qiang Chen and Huafang Lai
  • Plant virus-like particles / Ann E. Meyers, Inga I. Hitzeroth, and Edward P. Rybicki
  • Expression of the capsid protein of human papillomavirus in plants as an alternative for the production of vaccines / José Francisco Castillo Esparza, Alberto Monroy García and Miguel Angel Gómez Li
  • Patenting of plant-made recombinant pharmaceuticals and access in the developing world / Pascal M.W. Drake, Sonia Sadone, and Harry Thangaraj
  • Case study 1. Rabies / Elizabeth Loza-Rubio, Edith Rojas-Anaya
  • Case study 2. Plant-made HIV vaccines and neutralizing antibodies / Carla Marusic and Marcello Donini
  • Case study 3. The search for a plant-made vaccine for pandemic influenza virus / Kathleen Hefferon.